This week's work in the studio: Frogman Tumbler based on Loveland Frogman Coloring Page Grassman Tumbler based on Grassman coloring page (will add more color and dandelions; he's a hippy) Goatman figurine based on Goatman legend and art Glaze/image testing pieces Form cut-outs Hummingbird figurine Pitcher Form Sketchbook Additions- Hap-Ki-Do Class sit-in
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A quick look at the drawings, paintings, and ceramic things I've been working on in the studio! Family Tree Mug & Tumbler (Mug=Self-Portrait & Gwen the Cat, Tumbler=Brother & Donald Charles the Cat) Potato-based teapot depicting long walks on Bowen Road, the making of potato candy, and my parents and their pets. "A Warning of Rain" greenware
As someone in love with history, I became introduced and immediately fascinated with genealogy five or six years ago. So, it is not surprising that the subject comes up in my art a lot.
I had always wondered what existed beyond the stories passed down through my family and told over holiday meals. I wanted to know what kind of people I came from, what they accomplished, and where they lived. I'd always hoped that I'd discover they were similar to me in some way. I searched for repetitions and connections in my "roots", and found several interesting stories and pieces of information that I could relate to. Yet, with most amateur ancestry-detective work, there comes a time when you have no more clues to go on. My research into my mother's ancestry, the Thompsons (father), Cooks (mother), and Greens (mother's mother) each left me in the late 1700s. My father's side, the Egertons (father), brought me back into the medieval ages-which was exciting. However, knowing only the names of those before us is a bit unfulfilling. I don't know very much about my ancestors apart from when they immigrated, where they lived, and what some of their occupations were. It is only human to look at the pieces of evidence you have, and speculate, give life. --- I created a piece last semester, "Abandoning the Origins", and wanted to do another piece about it. I thought it would be great to discover an ancestor that worked for an archaeologist, so that I could pose him discovering these relics. I also wanted to imagine that the piece was found broken (it was broken during a firing) and glued haphazardly back together, as a lot of old pieces were (as I was gluing it back together, I felt like an early archaeologist, as least). |
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